Freight-car door.



16, 1918. HEET 2.

Patented July E E T 8-8 mwvboz/ Johnson 3. Wu

u h @iafi J'QH-NSON S. WAUGH, OF SHEPARD, OHIO.

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I 1A1ip1 i cationfi1edJanuary10.1916. Serial No. 71,141.

Toall whom it may concern:

"Be 'it 'known that 'I ,Jon 1\fso nS. "WAnerr, a citizenof theUnit'edSta-te's', residing'at Sheparch in the county"o;t' Franklin andSensor Ohio, have invented a certain new d and useful Improvement in'Fr'eight C'ar Door-s. of which the 'iollowin'g is" a specific'a tion. il I This invention fen r I v lies niore'particularly to flushcarfdoor's,"tliat is a shdmg door which when closed has; its outer erexposed side flush with the outer sin for the car. A variety ofconstructionsof such 'd'oo'rs have been proposed but so far as I aw'a'rethey have not gained very general approval and adoption because thesupporting devices' a e. beseech. to qu too m ch.

projection beyond the sid'e ofthe ear; nd

have too much of their construction ex posed to the weather.

The object of my invention is to provide a construction which lessensthe projection beyond the side of the ear and simplifies and compactsthe structure and at the same time so far incloses it that the weather,particularly snowy, sleety Weather, can have no serious effect ininterfering with or preventing the operation of the door at any time.

The invention is embodied in the example herein particularly shown anddescribed and then pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings forming part hereof Figure 1 is a view inside elevation showing a portion of the side of a freight car equippedwith a door and hanger according to my invention.

Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view on the line 00-00 Fig. 1 lookingdown.

Fig. 3 is a detail illustrating on a larger scale a swiveled trolleyemployed in the construction.

Fig. 4 is a detail section on the line v 4 Fig. 1 but on a larger scale.

Figs. 5 and 6 are detail views in horizontal section and plan viewshowing cams or guiding members on the car and door for forcing the doorinto closing or flush posi tion when the door is slid into placeopposite the door opening.

In the views 6 designates the side of a car and 7 the door the latterhaving a handle 7 by which it may be moved. To'the upper edge of theside of the car in the corner under the cave of the roof is secured astrip "or" wood '8', and upon the outer face of this strip is 'secured'ametallic hood. The strip of 'metal'constituting this hood is made gen-"erally of two widths as seen at 9 and I0 and each portion has its loweredge bent inward toward the car to'forr'n tracks 9 and '10; The tracklmhas'a continuation 10 in a "very iiarrow' portion that is curved towardthe car and secured thereto. "The hood and track 9 are likewise curvedtoward the car.

These curved portions are so' formedthat a 'doorsupport'ed and slidableupon the tracks as hereinafter descr1loed-=1s directed toward the dooropening or away therefrom according to the direction of force'applie'd't'o' the The door is provided with suitable rollersi:lllziiidl? journ aled in oneleg'of J-sliaped frame carried by a plateadapted to be secured to the upper portion of the door. The J-shapedframe is adapted to embrace the lower edge of the hood including thetrack so as to keep the door on the track and aid in guiding it into andout of closing position. Either or both of the J-shaped frames can beswiveled to the securing plate as shown in Fig. 3. The lower edge of thedoor is guided and kept in position by suitable guiding members 14 and15 secured to the side of the car near the lower corners of the doorway.The guiding member 15 is shown to have its operative portion more offsetthan that of member 14: for the purpose of providing room for theoutward novement. of that portion of the door when the door is opened. Along linger 16 on the lower right hand corner of the door is provided tocooperate with this more. offset guiding member in forcing the lowerportion of the door to closing position when closing movement is givento it.

A suitable latch can be provided for securing the door in closedposition. The latch. shown consists of a sliding and rocking bolt 1.7mounted in a plate 18 in the: door said bolt having a pendant loop 17 toembrace a staple 19 when the bolt has been thrown to engage a bolt catch20 on the jamb or side of the car next the door opening. When the bolthas been manipulated to place it in latching position it can be thereheld by a pin 21 slid through the staple beyond the loop 17 of the bolt.To hold the bolt in iinlatched position the bolt receirin g plate orrrame 18 is provided with an intermediate projection 22, between whichand said frame, the loop 17 falls and is held by gravity. 7

23 designates a stop on the side of the car to limit the openingmovement of the door; and 24: designates a bracket to support the openeddoor in case it sags or to prevent its sagging on its hangers.

In practice, to open the door, the handle '7 is grasped and pulledoutward from the car and to the right until open as far as desired, oruntil open as far as may be, as shown by broken lines Fig. 2. To closethe door it is slid to the left, pressure being applied to carry itinward until flush with the side of the car. The hood imparts rigidityto the structure and prevents access of snow and ice to the tracks andtrolleys to interfere with the operation of the door in the winterseason;

The forms of the parts can be changed without departing from the gist ofthe invention as claimed.

What I claim is:

1. In combination with a freight car having a door opening, a door, asupporting device for the door consisting of a hood so cured, near theeave of the car, said hood having two lower edges one above the otherbent inward toward the car and constituting tracks independent of eachother, said tracks having portions curved abruptly and substantiallyparallel toward the door and a roller for each track on the door totravel on said tracks. I

2. In combination with a freight car having a door opening, a door, asupporting device for the door consisting of a hood se cured near theeave of the car, said hood having lower edges one above the other bentinward toward the car and constituting tracks, said tracks also havingportions abruptly and substantially parallelly curved toward the car,and a roller for each track on the door to travel on said tracks, saidrollers each having a mounting adapted to embrace the under side of thetrack and the outer side of the hood.

JOHNSON S. WAUGH.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five eentseach, by addressing'the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

